Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics
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Governing body | IPC | |||||||||||||||||||
Events | 30 (men: 15; women: 15) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medalists |
Paralympic alpine skiing has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1976. Events include men's and women's downhill, Super G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.
Since the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, a three category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing and visually impaired.[1][2]
Events
Event | Class | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | Years |
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Men's combined | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • | 3 | |||||||
Visually impaired | • • | • | 2 | |||||||||
Sitting | • | 1 | ||||||||||
Men's downhill | Standing | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • | • | • | 8 | ||
Visually impaired | • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||
Sitting | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | 6 | |||||
Men's slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | 10 |
Visually impaired | • • | • • | • • | • | • | 5 | ||||||
Sitting | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | 7 | ||||
Men's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | 10 |
Visually impaired | • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | 8 | |||
Sitting | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | 7 | ||||
Men's Super G | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | 6 | ||||
Visually impaired | • • • | • • • | • • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||
Sitting | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | 6 | |||||
Women's combined | Standing | • • • • | • • • • | • | 3 | |||||||
Visually impaired | • • | • | 2 | |||||||||
Sitting | • | 1 | ||||||||||
Women's downhill | Standing | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | 8 | ||
Visually impaired | • • | • • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||
Women's slalom | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | 10 |
Visually impaired | • | • • | • | • | • | 5 | ||||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||
Women's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | 10 |
Visually impaired | • • | • • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | 8 | |||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • • | • | • | 7 | ||||
Women's Super G | Standing | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | 6 | ||||
Visually impaired | • | • | • • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||
Sitting | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||
Total Events | 28 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 53 | 24 | 30 |
Medal table
[6] NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
As of 2014 Winter Paralympics
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 90 | 93 | 68 | 251 |
2 | ![]() | 90 | 87 | 87 | 264 |
3 | ![]() | 77 | 54 | 57 | 188 |
4 | ![]() | 42 | 39 | 24 | 104 |
5 | ![]() | 35 | 36 | 32 | 103 |
6 | ![]() | 23 | 36 | 40 | 99 |
7 | ![]() | 15 | 13 | 10 | 38 |
8 | ![]() | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
9 | ![]() | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
10 | ![]() | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
11 | ![]() | 8 | 16 | 20 | 44 |
12 | ![]() | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 |
13 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
14 | ![]() | 6 | 12 | 15 | 33 |
15 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
16 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
17 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total 25 nations | 456 | 448 | 436 | 1340 |
Multiple medalists

German Gerd Schönfelder is the most decorated alpine skier in the history of the Paralympic Games.
The table shows athletes with either 6 or more gold medals or ten or more total medals.
Athlete | Nation | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Schönfelder, GerdGerd Schönfelder | ![]() |
1992–2010 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
Moeller, ReinhildReinhild Moeller | ![]() ![]() |
1980–2006 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
Heinzmann, RolfRolf Heinzmann | ![]() |
1980–2002 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Burn, HansHans Burn | ![]() |
1988–2002 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
Will, SarahSarah Will | ![]() |
1992–2002 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Billmeier, SarahSarah Billmeier | ![]() |
1992–2002 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Spreeman, LanaLana Spreeman | ![]() |
1980–1994 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
Braxenthaler, MartinMartin Braxenthaler | ![]() |
1998–2010 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Mannino, GregGreg Mannino | ![]() |
1988–1998 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
Waddell, ChrisChris Waddell | ![]() |
1992–2002 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Oberhammer, BrunoBruno Oberhammer | ![]() |
1984–1998 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
Pfefferle, MarkusMarkus Pfefferle | ![]() ![]() |
1988–2002 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
Baudean, BernardBernard Baudean | ![]() |
1976–1994 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Milton, MichaelMichael Milton | ![]() |
1992–2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Spitz, AlexanderAlexander Spitz | ![]() ![]() |
1984–1994 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Casanova, PascalePascale Casanova | ![]() |
1998–2006 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
Woolstencroft, LaurenLauren Woolstencroft | ![]() |
2002–2010 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Mouric, TristanTristan Mouric | ![]() |
1984–1994 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
Heid, RikRik Heid | ![]() |
1988–1994 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
Obinata, KunikoKuniko Obinata | ![]() |
1998–2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Gustafson, NancyNancy Gustafson | ![]() |
1988–1994 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Meusburger, JosefJosef Meusburger | ![]() |
1976–1988 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Pedersen, Cato ZahlCato Zahl Pedersen | ![]() |
1980–1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Santos, BrianBrian Santos | ![]() |
1992–1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
See also
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References
- ↑ IPC Alpine Skiing Reduces Racing Classes to Three Categories, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), November 3, 2004
- ↑ Levelling the playing field, canada.com, March 10, 2010
- ↑ IPC Historical Results Database, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ↑ Paralympic Winter Sports Programme Build-Up, The Paralympian, No. 1/2002
- ↑ Team handbook and guide, British Paralympic Association, February 10, 2010
- ↑ IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete Search - Search by Sport, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ↑ Multi-Medallists - Alpine Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
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